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monoka_n borba_n
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fol._n 584_o the_o hottentot_n and_o their_o clothing_n fol._n 590_o aethiopia_n superior_n vel_fw-la interior_n fol._n 632_o in_o the_o island_n insula_fw-la st._n laurentii_fw-la vulgo_fw-la madagascar_n fol._n 660_o st._n helena_n fol._n 727_o insula_fw-la promontorii_fw-la fol._n 728_o the_o fort_n orange_n and_o nassau_n upon_o the_o island_n goree_n the_o fort_n nassau_n within_o fol._n 732_o insula_fw-la canaria_n fol._n 733_o the_o pico_n of_o teneriff_n fol._n 736_o melete_n insula_fw-la vulg_n malta_n fol._n 745_o disegno_fw-la della_fw-it citta_n valette_n fol._n 746_o the_o half_a sheet_n whereon_o be_v two_o plate_n be_v to_o be_v place_v according_a to_o the_o direction_n of_o the_o first_o
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